Detail

Area

Australia

Commodity Group

Milk and dairy products

Commodity

Milk

Date

01/07/2012

Policy Category

Production

Policy Instrument

State market intervention

Description

Increased the dairy levy from 1 percent to 10 percent for every 1 million litres of milk produced. The increase, voted in April by Australian dairy farmers, improved the scale of investment and services provided by the dairy industry through the levy funds.